Table 1. (a) Composition of control pools 1–6 from lab strains 3D7, DD2, HB3, 7G8, K1 and FCR3, (b) SNP identities for various positions of pf-csp in each lab strain of Plasmodium falciparum.

	3D7	DD2	HB3	7G8	K1	FCR3
(a)
Control1	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Control2	17%	17%	17%	17%	17%	17%
Control3	1%	6%	81%	12%	0%	0%
Control4	20%	80%	8%	2%	15%	75%
Control5	31%	21%	21%	21%	5%	1%
Control6	10%	20%	40%	30%	0%	0%
(b)
G862A	G	G	G	A	G	G
G902A	G	A	A	A	A	A
C905A	C	C	C	C	A	C
A949G	A	G	G	G	G	G
G952C	G	C	C	C	C	C
C963G	C	G	G	G	G	G
C970A	C	C	A	C	C	C
A973T	A	A	A	A	T	A
C979A	C	C	A	C	C	C
A1054G	A	A	A	G	G	G
A1055G	A	A	A	G	A	A
C1060T	C	C	C	T	C	C